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Chinese Woman Carrying Malware Allegedly Got Into Mar-a-Lago

TERRY SPENCER / The Associated Press Apr 2, 2019 She faces illegal entry charges after allegedly telling agents shifting stories of being a member wanting to swim and an event invitation. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Pastor Says Border Patrol Worked Him Over

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2009 Pastor Steven Anderson of Tempe, Ariz., says he was Tasered, assaulted and denied medical treatment after he refused to submit to a search by Border Patrol officers at an immigration checkpoint east of San Diego. The ACLU has called the area a "Constitution-free zone" where such abuse has become commonplace. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Israel Opens Gaza Border … for Flowers

Staff / Truthdig Feb 13, 2009 In probably the least appropriate metaphor for relations between Israel and Palestine, Israel has allowed, for the first time in a year, Gazan flower companies to export 25,000 carnations to Europe in time for Valentine's Day, though the volume pales in comparison to previous annual exports of 60 million flowers. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel Offers Tidings, Lifts Blockade

Staff / Truthdig Dec 26, 2008 Israel has discovered the holiday spirit and decided that its blockade of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip should be lifted, allowing trucks of medicine, food and other supplies to enter the occupied territory beginning Friday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iraq Bridge Blast Kills 3 U.S. Soldiers

Staff / Truthdig Jun 11, 2007 A group of US troops were posted at a checkpoint on a bridge near Baghdad Sunday when a suicide bomber detonated a car bomb from below, killing three American soldiers and wounding six others The BBC reports that this latest attack brings the death toll of U troops to at least 28 already this month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )